Sir Gulam Noon has been nominated again for a peerage, after key Labour figures say he was an 'innocent victim' of the cash for honours scandal

Businessman Sir Gulam Noon has given the Labour party £738,000 in total (Richard Pohle)
Sir Gulam Noon, the curry tycoon who was embroiled in the cash for honours
affair, is being lined up — for the second time — for a Labour peerage.

The multi-millionaire businessman has been nominated by key Labour figures who
believe he was unfairly treated during the scandal.

It has now emerged that Noon gave Labour £205,000 earlier this year for its
general election campaign, taking his total gifts to the party to £738,000.

Noon was first proposed for a peerage by Tony Blair, who said in his official
citation that the Indian-born businessman “would be an active member of the
Lords bringing wide-ranging business experience”.

However, in March 2006, the House of Lords appointments commission, which vets
potential peers, turned Noon down because he had failed to mention in his
nomination papers that he had lent £250,000 to Labour.